Waterproof hat-protector.



E. A. KENDALL. WATERPROOF HAT PBOTEOTQE. APPLICATION FILED mu 11, mos.

Patented Nov. 3, 1908.

UNITED sTArEs PATENT OFFICE.

ELLA A. KENDALL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

WATER-PROOF HAT-PROTECTOR.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, ELLA A. KENDALL, a citizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Waterproof Hat- Protectors, of which the following is a specification.

One object of my invention is toprovide a cover of such a nature and construction as to be capable of application to hats of widely different forms and sizes, for the purpose of protecting them from moisture, dust or wind.

It is further desired to rovide a waterproof cover, which, in agdition to being light and easily carried, may be quickly and conveniently applied or removedfrom a hat, as well as easily adjusted to fit hats of widely varying sizes. I also desire to pro videa hat cover with improved means for holding it in position upon a hat.

These objects and other advantageous ends I secure as hereinafter set forth, reference bein had to the accompanying drawings, in whici Figure 1, is a (perspective view illustrating my improve cover applied to a hat; Fig. 2, is a perspective view illustrating the cover when removed; Fig. 3,- is a vertical section of a hat showing my improved cover applied thereto; Fig. 4, is an inverted plan of the cover; and Fig. 5, is a perspective view of a form of hook preferably employed as part of my invention for holding the cover in place upon a hat.

In the above drawings, A represents my improved cover, which in the present instance consists of two rectangular pieces of fabric having an elongated form and united to each other along one edge. The cover, however, is given an ap 'iroximately circular or elliptical form by reason of the fact that the material is plaited at the center, as shown in Fig. 4, and over this laited portion is sewed or cemented an e ongated or other suitably shaped piece a.

It will be understood that While I preferably construct my hat cover of two pieces. as above noted, it may, if desired be made of one or any number of pieces of material,

sultably connected and plaited or otherwise arranged to ive it the desired shape.

As shown in Fig. 4, I provide one or more drawing strings 6, extending from the central piece a to the front edge of the cover, whereby said edge may be drawn toward the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed Kay 11, 1908.

Patented Nov. 3, 1908.

Serial No. 452,010.

center to give the front portion a series of folds or gathers, as illustrated at b in Figs. 1 and 2, so as to make the cover capable of fittin a small sized hat while allowing it to be ad usted to fit larger hats or hats having trimmings of varying sizes.

The edge of the cover is turned over and faced, and has under the facing a tape to which are fixed at suitable intervals a series of hooks 0 whose bills extend substantially parallel to the under face of said cover. While said hooks may be of any desired form or construction, they are preferably made of fiat pieces of sheet metal, as shown in Fig. 5, provided with a series of small projections or tongues a and having a bill 0 formed integral withtheir body portions. These hooks are preferably attached to a suitable length of tape through which the projections c are passed and over which they are turned.- Such tape is then placed around the edge of the cover preferably under the facing, as illustrated, while the bills of the hooks project inwardly from the under side of the cover, the Whole being so arranged that the hooks are some distance away from said edge.

In applying my cover to a hat of the ordinary size in which the trimming occupies but relatively little space, strings I) can be so adjusted as to gather the front portion of said cover, as illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive, and the hooksare made'to engage the rim of the hat. The cover, is, therefore, firml held in position and extends beyond the rim of the hat so as to effectually shed any water without permitting it to wet the hat.

Should it be desired to appl the cover to a hat having large or exten ed trimming the drawing string b is released, thereby permitting the front portion of the cover to be extended to its utmost or to any amount desired.

The material employed for the cover is preferably a fabric whose surface has been treated with rubber to render it waterproof, and, as is obvious, the fabric and hooks may be of any desired colors; its general style and arrangement of arts being susceptible of wide variation without departing from my invention.

When made of li ht material the cover occupies but relative y little space and has but a small weight and when applied to a hat, as described, the holding devices are the drawing amply sufiicient to retain it in position to effectually protect the hat even in a high wind.

I claim:

1. A hat cover consisting of a body of waterproof material of a generally circular form having means whereby it is maintained permanently athered at its central portion, and havin ailong its edge a series of retaining devices for detachably holding it to a hat.

2. A hat cover consisting of a piece of waterproof material having means at its edge whereby it may be detachably secured to a hat, and provided with means whereby it may be gathered in a line substantially radialto its center to adjust its size.

3. A cover consisting of a body of waterproof material having means at its edges for detachably securing it to a hat, and provided with a drawing strin or strings extending radially from one e ge toward its center wherlelby it may be gathered to vary its size at w' 1.

4. A cover consisting of a body of water proof material plaited at its central portion a piece of material extending over and cemented to said plaited portion, and a series of inwardly extending hooks placed on the under side of the body, so as to be capable of engagement with the rim of a hat.

5. A. cover consisting of a body of water proof material constructed to fit over a hat, and provided with means whereby it is detachably maintained in position, said means consisting of a tape attached to and extending around the edge of the cover, with a series of hooks fixed to said ta e so that their bills extend inwardly from t e edge of the cover, said hooks being placed some distance away from said edge.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the prseence of two subscribing witnesses.

ELLA A. KENDALL.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM E. BRADLEY, 'WM. A. BARR. 

